Lauri Nummenmaa receives 2015 Academy of Finland Award
The Academy of Finland has awarded the 2015 Academy of Finland Award to Academy Research Fellow Lauri Nummenmaa from Aalto University and the University of Turku.
Lauri Nummenmaa (b. 1977) is an internationally renowned neuroscientist, whose research combines medical science, psychology and information processing science in a new and unique way. Mr Nummenmaa and his team study the molecular brain mechanisms and functioning neural networks that guide emotions and social interaction. Another of his key areas of interest is the brain mechanisms that contribute to obesity.
Research carried out by Mr Nummenmaa's team on how different emotions change the body's functions and how emotions are mapped in the body has received widespread interest in not only the science community, but also in the mass media and social media in Finland and abroad.
The Academy of Finland also granted the Award for Scientific Courage to Tuuli Lähdesmäki from the University of Jyväskylä.
See also:
Academy of Finland press release
Finnish research team reveals how emotions are mapped in the body
Obesity surgery normalizes brain opioids
Photo: Anni Hanen
Read more news

Oskari Vilamo Fund awarded the best theses on building trade
Three doctoral dissertations and three master's thesis were awarded in Aalto University.Janne Naapuri, PhD, received the Gustaf Komppa Dissertation Prize
Gust. Kompa Dissertation Prize 2023 of the Finnish Chemical Society was awarded to Janne Naapuri, PhD, from Aalto University and Jussi Isokuortti, PhD, from Tampere University of Technology.
2023 State Prize for Architecture awarded to Nomaji Landscape Architects
Aalto University researcher and long-time lecturer Mari Ariluoma is a partner in Nomaji, and researcher Caroline Moinel a Nomaji designer.